Image copyright Getty Images Image caption As the US economy reopens, some lawmakers say it's time to cut back the pandemic relief When Brandon Humberston's weekly unemployment benefits finally kicked in after months of waiting, the $750 (£586) cheque was a "godsend". Suddenly the 19-year-old, who worked as a cook at Mexican restaurant chain Chipotle…
When newscasters announce the latest tally of coronavirus cases, Arthur Hall chuckles and turns to his wife.“Whatever number they say, I’d add one,” he said.Hall is an uncounted survivor of coronavirus.The 51-year-old school administrator spent five days in the hospital with what doctors told him was severe respiratory distress caused by COVID-19. Although he had…
The novel coronavirus was working its way through the United States, and Blauer — along with dozens of colleagues at Johns Hopkins University — was actively tracking its path.“The sirens now feel different,” she said recently. “They come with a different flood of emotions.”The noise outside her window was a tangible reminder of the human…
A new, nationwide flood modeling tool released Monday paints a picture of the U.S. as a country woefully underprepared for damaging floods, now and in the future.The federal government’s best efforts to predict where flooding will strike have underestimated the risk to nearly 6 million homes and commercial properties primarily in the nation’s interior, leaving…
By Drew Kann, CNN Updated 4:59 AM ET, Mon June 29, 2020 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. (CNN)Millions more properties than previously know…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…